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Friday, 14 July
23:27
Myanmar Regime Up to Its Old Tricks, Playing the Suu Kyi Card The Irrawaddy
By allowing Thailands Don to meet her, the junta
has divided ASEAN and sown confusion among anti-regime forces, but
public opposition to the junta remains resolute.
22:35
Myanmar Rights and Political Activists Reject Thai Intervention The Irrawaddy
Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai claims Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi is open to talks with the junta, prompting
condemnations.
22:24
Junta Watch: Online Vendors in Regimes Sights; Military Resorts to Recruitment Scam; and More The Irrawaddy
Also this week, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi used as
political pawn in ASEAN gambit, the regime sought China investment,
and Russia tapped as market for Burmese steel.
21:12
Myanmar Junta Likely to Extend Military Rule Again The Irrawaddy
Junta chief tells his cabinet much remains to be
done to restore stability and rule of law across the union.
20:47
ILO Urges Myanmar Junta to Free Union Leader Rearrested Weeks After Release From Prison The Irrawaddy
Crackdown on labor unions continues as federation
leader is rearrested and other leaders face sedition charges after
calling for a 38 US cent a day pay hike.
20:29
Two Sagaing Villagers Killed in Myanmar Junta Shelling The Irrawaddy
Regime troops in Kale town regularly shell
surrounding villages, despite the lack of any reported resistance
action in the area.
15:24
At Least Eight Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Four Days of Resistance Attacks The Irrawaddy
The Irrawaddys latest roundup includes incidents in
Sagaing, Mandalay, Magwe and Tanintharyi regions and Chin and Karen
states.
14:25
Divided ASEAN Condemns Myanmar Violence Again, Supports Five-Point Plan The Irrawaddy
Member countries are at odds over a Thai-led
initiative to re-engage with the junta, with some demanding the
regime end the violence and renew talks first.
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Thursday, 13 July
22:41
Protect Rohingya From Armed Gangs: HRW The Irrawaddy
Bangladesh is being called on to defend the 1
million Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar from warring armed
gangs.
22:16
Reformist Pita Limjaroenrat Loses Thai PM Vote The Irrawaddy
Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat failed
to secure the 375 parliamentary votes needed to become Thailand's
30th premier, despite his party winning Mays vote.
22:06
Indonesia Warns Nuclear Weapons Put Southeast Asia a Miscalculation Away From Disaster "IndyWatch Feed Pacific"
Indonesias Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi urged nuclear weapons states to join ASEANs regional nuclear-free zone.
The Diplomat, By Edna Tarigan and Niniek Karmini, July 12, 2023
Indonesias top diplomat warned Tuesday of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is one miscalculation away from apocalypse and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi raised the alarm ahead of a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which started later Tuesday in Jakarta. The agenda would spotlight Myanmars deadly civil strife, continuing tensions in the South China Sea, and efforts to fortify regional economies amid the global headwinds set off by Russias invasion of Ukraine.
Later in the week, the 10-nation bloc will meet Asian and Western counterparts, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Chinese foreign policy overseer Wang Yi.
The U.S.-China rivalry is not formally on ASEANs agenda but looms large over the meetings of the bloc, an often-unwieldy collective of democracies, autocracies, and monarchies, with some members split over allegiances either to Washington or Beijing.
We cannot be truly safe with nuclear weapons in our region, Marsudi told fellow ASEAN ministers. With nuclear weapons, we are only one miscalculation away from apocalypse and global catastrophe.
In 1995, ASEAN states signed a treaty that declared Southeast Asias commitment to be a nuclear weapon-free zone, one of five in the world. However, Marsudi lamented that none of the worlds leading nuclear powers have signed on to the pact and called for renewed efforts to convince those states to sign up. The threat is imminent, so we can no longer play a waiting game, she said.more https://thediplomat.com/2023/07/indonesia-warns-nuclear-weapons-put-southeast-asia-a-miscalculation-away-from-disaster/
22:06
News Website PanOrient Accused of Being Myanmar Junta Disinformation Mouthpiece The Irrawaddy
Media outlet, which has connections with the
military regime, faked Daw Aung San Suu Kyi quote to split
resistance, observers say.
21:46
Five Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Predawn Ambush in Sagaing Region The Irrawaddy
Local resistance forces target a junta column that
raided a dozen villages in two townships over the past week.
21:00
US Sanctions Spark Myanmars Fuel and Drug Price Rises The Irrawaddy
Consumers have suffered since the US targeted the
junta-controlled financial sector in late June, further reducing
the kyat's value.
20:23
Myanmar Telecos Hit by US$ 100,000 Fines For Breaking SIM Rules The Irrawaddy
Junta crackdown on unregistered SIM cards
intensifies with fines and a barrage of warnings to consumers.
18:13
Daw Aung San Suu Kyis Lawyers Appeal for Her Release The Irrawaddy
Ruling on deposed state counselors conviction for
alleged graft in helicopter deal expected at next hearing of
Myanmar junta-run Supreme Court.
15:38
Russias Lavrov: Ukraine conflict will not end until West drops plans to defeat Moscow "IndyWatch Feed War"
Reuters July 12, 2023
The armed confrontation in Ukraine will continue until the West gives up plans to dominate and defeat Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with an Indonesian newspaper published on Wednesday.
The goal of the US-led collective West is to strengthen its global hegemony, Lavrov told the Kompas newspaper. Lavrov is due to attend the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum in Jakarta this week, as is U.S. Secretary of State
Why doesnt the armed confrontation in Ukraine come to an end? The answer is very simple it will continue until the West gives up its plans to preserve its domination and overcome its obsessive desire to inflict on Russia a strategic defeat at the hands of its Kiev puppets, according to a transcript of the interview published on Russias foreign ministry website.
For the time being, there are no signs of change in this position.
Russia waged a full-scale invasion in Ukraine in February 2022, calling it a special military operation to denazify its neighbour. Kyiv and its allies call the war, now in its 17th month, an aggression to grab land.
On Wednesday, Russia launched a wave of kamikaze drone attacks on Kyiv for a second night in row and hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was due to meet NATO leaders at a summit in Vilnius.
The West says it wants to help Ukraine win its conflict with Russia, and Western powers have supplied large amounts of modern arms and ammunition to Kyiv.
Lavrov also accused Kyiv of ignoring Indonesias peace plan and instead promoting its own package of ultimatums.
Ukraine dismissed the Indonesian plan, a multi-point formula which had included a call for the establishment of a demilitarised zone, reiterating Kyivs position that Russia should withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
Commenting on the internal strife in Myanmar since a military coup in 2021, Lavrov urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve issues with close cooperation with the junta and without interfering in Myanmars domestic affairs.
ASEAN foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday were expected to address the growing violence in Myanmar. The regional bloc has barred the junta from its summits for failing to implement an agreed peace plan.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne and Ananda Teresia in Jakarta; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
14:10
Thai Parliament Votes for PM With Reformist Frontrunner Facing Hurdles The Irrawaddy
As lawmakers convened to pick a PM, legal and other
obstacles mounted for Pita Limjaroenrat, head of the Move Forward
Party, which won the most seats in Mays vote.
00:48
NUG Foreign Minister: Thai Counterparts Meeting With Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Was Hostage Diplomacy The Irrawaddy
Daw Zin Mar Aung said Don Pramudwinais meeting with
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was part of the outgoing Thai regimes effort
to help Myanmars junta gain legitimacy.
Wednesday, 12 July
22:25
Myanmar Junta Attacking Kachin Independence Army Headquarters The Irrawaddy
Regime ground troops have reportedly reached around
9km from the KIA headquarters in Laiza, which is being shelled.
22:20
Myanmar Junta Attempting to Increase Domestic Steel Production The Irrawaddy
Industry minister discusses iron and steel plans at
trade fair in Russia.
21:39
Global Workers Union Calls on EU to Withdraw Support for Myanmar Garment Sector The Irrawaddy
IndustriAll says EU project to protect workers
rights is helpless in face of juntas ban on unions and mass arrests
of labor rights activists.
19:44
Thousands Flee to Thailand After Myanmar Junta Bombs IDP Camp in Kayah State The Irrawaddy
Airstrikes target more civilian targets in
resistance stronghold, sending another wave of refugees to
Thailand.
19:25
Chin Resistance Reports Dozens of Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in 7-Hour Battle The Irrawaddy
Both sides suffer casualties in fierce fighting for
strategic outpost in Tedim Township on the road between Sagaing and
Indian border.
18:46
Myanmar Junta Forces Sustain Casualties in Four Days of Clashes With Resistance The Irrawaddy
The Irrawaddys latest roundup includes incidents in
Sagaing and Bago regions and Chin, Shan and Kachin states.
16:39
Thai Caretaker PM Announces Retirement From Politics The Irrawaddy
Prayut Chan-o-cha, who seized power as army chief
in 2014, will remain the countrys leader until a new government is
formed.
16:27
Outgoing Thai Foreign Minister Met Myanmars Jailed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Secret Visit The Irrawaddy
The ministers warm ties with the junta and the
timing of his visit before a key summit raise questions over why he
was allowed to see her after ASEAN envoys were denied.
